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Creating Data Flow - problem with encoding

‎10-11-2022 01:40 AM

I am trying to create data flow conecting to excel-file (other local files too) and get problem:

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---------- Massage ----------
Failed to execute 'atob' on 'Window': The string to be decoded is not correctly encoded.

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Error: Failed to execute 'atob' on 'Window': The string to be decoded is not correctly encoded.
at https://europe.prod.powerquery.microsoft.com/MashupEditor/scripts/app.b09c51d9cac4a8220b5b.bundle.js...
at https://europe.prod.powerquery.microsoft.com/MashupEditor/scripts/app.b09c51d9cac4a8220b5b.bundle.js...

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lbendlin
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‎10-12-2022 06:31 PM

Are you trying this with .xls files ?

 

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‎10-17-2022 01:16 AM

Yes, this error appears with other files too (csv, txt, json)

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‎10-17-2022 04:30 AM

What is the locale on your computer?

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‎10-26-2022 11:44 PM

Russian (Russia)

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lbendlin
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‎10-27-2022 03:50 AM

Can you recode your source data into UTF-8 or UCS?

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